Stay for wire fences



(No M odel.) I I G. H. BROWN.

STAY FOR WIRE FENCES.

Patented Mar. 2, 1897;

UNITED STATES GILBERT H. BROWN,

PATENT FFicE.

OF DAYTON, OI-IIO..

STAY FOR WIRE 'FENCES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 578,076, dated March 2,1897.

Application filed March 20, 1896.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GILBERT H. BROWN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Stays for WVire Fences;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in stays for wirefences, and has for its object to provide a tongued stay that willsecurely lock the line-wires against any independent up-and-downmovement, as well as horizontal movement, and thereby prevent the wiresfrom springing back the tongues and loosening the stays.

To this end the improvements have refer ence to the specificconstruction of the pocket for the line-wire and to the formation of thetongue, as will be hereinafter more fully described in thespecification, and pointed out in the claim.

Referring tothe annexed drawings, Figure 1 designates a verticalelevation of my improved stay, showing one side thereof and theline-Wires in section in the two lower openings. Fig. 2 is a view of aportion of a stay after the openings have been stamped and beforeforming. Fig. 3 is a cross-section.

The letter A designates a sheet-metal stay formed, primarily, as shownin Fig. 2, and, subsequently, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, by forming orbending it in the longitudinal center. d designates a series ofslots cutor stamped in the edges of said stay, .into which the line-wires fareplaced. These slots are stamped or out inwardly, as at a, so as topermit of their taking an outward curve to form a shoulder a, from whichpoint said slot again takes an inward curve to form a circular pocket I)in the bottom thereof, into which a line-wire f snugly fits. The outerportion of said slot curves inwardly and outwardly from a point justabove a horizontal line with the shoulder a and provides a tongue 0, thelower portion of which or the part adjacent to the line-wire hasessentially a smaller di- Serial No. 584,063. (No model.)

ameter, as at 0, so that the said tongues readily bend at a point aboutthe center of the wires in every instance when pressed over the saidline-wires. When pressure is exerted against a line-wire, due to bendinga tongue, the shoulder a", just above the pocket, prevents said wirefrom climbing up the rear side of said slot or from being forced awayfrom the tongue. The inward curve a of said slots besides beingessential to form the shoulder a also provides a seat for the inner endof the tongue to lie in when the latter is forced over the line-wire,thus permitting said tongue to maintain a contact with said line-wirefrom a point where it bends to said shoulder. This is an importantfeature, as by such construction I am enabled to completely lock thelinewires against any vertical movement or upand-down vibrationindependent of the stay, for example, such as is due to an animalforcing the line-wires apart. Such independent movement has a greattendency to force the tongues away from the line-wires when said wiresare allowed any play in the pockets. The construction of said slots itwill therefore be seen'is an important feature of the invention, asthereby the line-wires are firmly held in position without thepossibility of their receding under pressure exerted in the initialbending of the tongues.

Having fully described my invention, I claim- A stay for wire fences,consisting of a plate of sheet metal bent in its longitudinal center inV shape, and having in its edges a series GILBERT H. BROWVN.

Witnesses:

R. J. McOAR'rY, G O. W. MANNIX, Jr.

